Re: [gentoo-dev] portage + bittorrent anyone?

[Fred Van Andel]

Brian Jackson <iggy@g.o> wrote:
(02/16/2004 10:38)

>On Monday 16 February 2004 12:27, Fred Van Andel wrote:
><snip>
>>
>> In theory I am working on a P2P system specific to the needs of gentoo,
>> however I must admit that I have not worked on it for a while.  Will
>> someone please kick me in the *ss to get me working on it again.
>
>Or, you could start a project or put it in cvs if you wanted. I've been
>interested in something like this for awhile, I could at least share what
>notes I've come up with. It would be nice to get a few people working on
>something like this.

That is the intent.  

Trying to start a public project based only on an idea or a bare spec I think world be a mistake, there first must be a clearly documented framework with working (if incomplete) code. 

I am 30% to 40% complete with that framework and I will make it public when it is more polished.

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I forgot to add the following to the original post so I am adding it here:

The content of the network needs to be tightly controlled. We are dealing with source code here and the consequences of someone being able to inject malicious code or malicious files into the network would be unthinkable. Therefore ALL files on the network MUST be vetted by a central server, and ONLY files allowed by the central server would be allowed on the network. All files transfered over the network MUST be checked to make sure that they match the checksums of the authorized files. 

I also want to create a network that is 100% legal content so that when the RIAA or MPAA goes on a rampage we will be unaffected. 

As far as I know there are no p2p networks that allow this much central control, the trend in p2p networks is away from central controll because of liability issues.

Fred Van Andel
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